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package feign;

/**
 * {@link DeclarativeContract} extension that allows user provided custom encoders to define the
 * request message payload using only the request template and the method parameters, not requiring
 * a specific and unique body object.
 *
 * <p>This type of contract is useful when an application needs a Feign client whose request payload
 * is defined entirely by a custom Feign encoder regardless of how many parameters are declared at
 * the client method. In this case, even with no presence of body parameter the provided encoder
 * will have to know how to define the request payload (for example, based on the method name,
 * method return type, and other metadata provided by custom annotations, all available via the
 * provided {@link RequestTemplate} object).
 *
 * @author fabiocarvalho777@gmail.com
 */
public abstract class AlwaysEncodeBodyContract extends DeclarativeContract {}
